TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 7, 2020

In an opinion released Friday, the Tennessee Supreme Court held that the rebuttable presumption of acceptance of an insurance policy’s terms by payment of premiums in Tennessee Code Annotated section 56-7-135(b) applies in actions against an insurance agent for failure to procure a policy in accordance with an insured party’s instructions. The Court of Appeals had previously held that the presumption did not apply to the agent because he was not a party to the insurance contract. Read more about the case or view the opinion.